MAN FACES CHILD PORN CHARGE

A 30-year-old city man was arrested Tuesday and charged with possession of child pornography.

Nicholas Palumbo of 31 Forrest St., who police say has a criminal record, was arraigned in Superior Court and released after posting $100,000 bail.

Police said Palumbo either sold or left an old computer with a friend, and police seized the computer when detectives searched the friend's home in March during a narcotics inquiry.

After an examination by city Det. James Wardwell, a forensic computer examiner, 117 images of child pornography, collected between 1997 and 2000, were found and the computer was traced to Palumbo, police said.

Police said they obtained a search warrant in March, searched Palumbo's home and seized his computer, which contained 35 illegal images of child pornography.

Possession of child pornography carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.